Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Carpe Diem #1193 parasol (haru higasa)


Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Welcome at a new episode of our Kai. This month it's all about kigo, seasonwords, and today I love to challenge you to create haiku or tanka inspired on the following video:


This dance is called "parasol dance" and parasol (haru higasa) is our prompt for today. So have fun!

A few haiku by Issa about "parasol":

sora iro no kasa no tsuzuku ya hana sakari

sky-blue parasols
one by one...
blossoms at their peak

hana chiru ya higasa no kage no no sakamori

blossoms scatter--
in the shade of parasols
drunken revelry

geta haite hoso nawa wataru higasa kana

in wooden clogs
crossing a narrow rope...
with parasol

© Issa

And here is mine inspired on this theme for today:

waving parasols
while the music is playing
cherry blossoms fall

© Chèvrefeuille

This episode is open for your submissions tonight at 7.00 PM (CET) and will remain open until April 23rd at noon (CET). I will try to publish our new episode, cherry blossom, later on. For now ... just enjoy and be part of it ...


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